Art in Odd Places Participants Seek Utopia Under Dark Clouds
The public art festival’s 21st edition unfolded across 14th Street throughout the nor’easter this past weekend.
Art in Odd Places (AiOP) continued its 21st iteration this past weekend, weather conditions notwithstanding. The public art festival braved the challenges of a weeping nor'easter, engaging the public through performance and site-specific installations along 14th Street in Manhattan. Despite the rainfall shifting from pelting sideways to mist-like drizzling, AiOP's artists persisted in their efforts to invoke utopian vibrations.
At the 8th Avenue subway stop, Massachusetts-based artist Nima Nikakhlagh hosted the interactive installation, "The Archive of Possibility" (2026). Visitors were asked to envision a utopian vision or a city not yet realized. Amidst heated arguments over umbrella proximity, Nikakhlagh collected contributions which would remain sealed in a box forever.
Meanwhile, Panama-based performance artist Susana Gonzalez-Revilla was packing her props beneath a laundromat's awning, as the storefront tenants complained about her performance featuring fire and drums. Ariel Kleinberg, based in Astoria, installed cutout paintings of goddesses along a chain-link fence and tarp-covered storefront, facing tension due to the storefront's landlord.
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